I know everyone wants a WR and I agree we need more than Thielen but there’s only so much cap space and draft picks. We need to invest heavily in our OL this offseason to take some of the pressure off Bryce. Maybe then we could actually do some of our longer plays and our receivers wouldn’t look as bad. I know building your lines isn’t sexy so Tepper probably won’t want to do it but that’s how you win football. If we build our O line and sign another veteran mid tier WR I think it would work a lot better than trying to get a star WR and not having an O line.
It was pointed out that Bryce drops back too far for his offensive line to cover that much area equals bad coaching
Both are going to get heavy attention. My early prediction is FA and the draft will look something like this.
FA signings: starting LG, starting C, one higher end WR with another lower end option
Draft: WR, TE
Christensen, Zavala will be rotational depth pieces at G. Bozeman will be cut.
Bryce can’t throw balls from the hospital. You got a point man
It’s the chicken and the egg. It’s unclear what the main problem is. There are two issues at hand.
- We are allowing a ton of sacks
- Our receivers can’t get separation
Does the OL suck? Maybe. But they also have to block longer because it takes forever for routes to develop. Compounding this problem, defenses don’t respect our deep game. DBs can just sit up close in zone and makes finding a hole in the zone extremely difficult.
At the same time, maybe even with our slow receivers they could eventually get separation if the line held up longer. Maybe some guys still get through the line but Bryce takes fewer coverage sacks.
It just seems like a compounding problem. The longer the season goes on, the more confident defenses get that they have no reason to play the deep threat. They can sit underneath in zone all day long.
So I’m conflicted. I do think if we had one really fast, really good receiver it would help the line because defenses couldn’t play as aggressively or as close.
Tits fan here. This weekend’s battle should be prefaced “Who’s OL is worse?”
We need three ghosts to appear to Tepper on Christmas eve. A hallmark movie level philosophy change in Frank. And perhaps for good measure a voodoo ritual to summon the spirit of Vince Lombardi
It doesn’t matter what we need more.
We are bankrupt on talent and need bpa and depth.
You’re not going to find Tackles better than Moton and Ikey or a center better than Bozeman on the market or in the draft w/o a high pick, There’s a huge talent deficiency around the league at OL. Bryce needs to improve at handling the pressure. The play calling needs to be different. You’re having Bryce drop back out of gun every play. It’s too predictable, He’s a sitting duck. Put him under center, have him hand the ball off, run play action off that…keep him out of the drop back passing game, that’s when the protection has been really bad.
We need to use our “first” pick on OL if it’s viable at that time. But we really need to make some killer moves in free agency first.